Chapter 21: The Pink Skull
As I had guessed, there was a passage at the bottom of the pool, and I took a deep breath and swam deeper into it, and heard a series of pops behind me, presumably the other tomb robbers were doing the same as ours.
After swimming for a long time, I saw a light in front of me, and when I surfaced, I saw Gong Jue and Tian Ji standing on a stone slab, Tian Ji pulled me up from the water, and most of the equipment and tools were thrown in the front room.
Turn on the flashlight and look at the people around, when they entered the tomb, there were more than twenty people, and now there are only seven or eight left, and the man in black actually survived, standing at the end.
Turn on the flashlight and actually broke one, the flashlight in my hand is now the last lighting tool, think about it just now is really dangerous, I almost didn't squeeze the blood out, a drop of urine is estimated to be in this tomb tonight.
"If you can't get out, forget it, if the master can see the light of day again, I have to pick up your pants, I want to see what your courtesy, honesty and shame look like." Thinking that it was not smooth, he wiped a handful of water on his face and pointed at the palace lord, and then shook the field chicken with a flashlight. "Hold his hand for me when the time comes."
"It's not good to go out and pick up his pants......" Tian Ji twisted his clothes and smiled evilly. It's time to pick it up. ”
"Right now, most of them can't get out, and this breath is aggrieved if they don't die." I hit it off with Tian Ji, and I can't be cheap if I die.
Gong Jue was stunned, I didn't expect that at this juncture, I was still thinking about teasing him, this gangster was nurtured by the rats in the pawnshop in the Quartet, and his temperament was informal, not so particular, how to be happy.
Gong Jue took a step back, looking a little nervous and flustered, his hands were already clenched into fists, the same expression as when he beat me.
I had already pushed up, and when I saw Tian Ji suddenly, frowning and turning his head to the darkness behind us, I immediately retreated, and just wanted to ask something, Tian Ji waved his hand and told me not to speak.
The wind was blowing from the depths of the burial chamber, not as cold as before, slow and gentle, and vaguely I heard a pleasant sound coming, like some musical instrument was striking, and I should have heard it too.
"Like ...... Like wind chimes? Gong Jue also walked up from behind and said in surprise.
The sound is continuous, and the eaves ring wind chimes, which are very pleasant to the ear.
I nodded slowly, and the crisp sound gradually became clear and coherent, like wind chimes hanging under the eaves, swaying leisurely and comfortably in the gentle breeze, and I almost forgot that I was now in the underground tomb.
I walked slowly forward with my flashlight, trying to trace the source of the sound, this burial chamber was bigger than the previous one where the eels had been placed, but the further I went, the clearer the sound became, I could not determine the direction, and it felt like the sound was everywhere around us.
It is difficult to see the structure of this burial chamber at a glance without a torch, and the palace lord suddenly took my flashlight from behind, and then slowly moved up, and our eyes were raised brightly, and then everyone opened their mouths in horror.
A skeleton was suspended from the top of the towering tomb, swaying from side to side in the wind, and as the light shifted, the entire tomb roof was like a canopy of bones, hanging full of such corpses, and the dense bones hit each other like wind chimes.
This creepy scene made us feel uneasy and silent, and the voice now fell on my ears and became strange, I don't know why these people are hanging here, this shell tomb has been very evil from the beginning, the low-hanging skulls of those corpses in the light, the sunken eyes of the black holes staring at us intruders.
I suddenly wondered what kind of tomb owner was buried in this tomb, why was he so cruel and crazy, and what did this tomb owner want to do?
Bang dang.
The clear sound made everyone's hearts tremble, and when they looked down, they saw that it was a gold object scattered on the ground, and slowly found that there were discarded gold, silver, and jewels all over the floor of this tomb.
The tomb robbers behind him suddenly forgot their fear, and quickly snatched them on the ground.
Tian Ji pulled the corner of my clothes, I looked in the direction of his finger, there was a vague outline of a coffin in the darkness, I asked the palace lord to shine the flashlight, and in the middle of the tomb I saw a coffin.
Walking into the coffin to identify the coffin is connected by a mortise and tenon structure, with large wooden strips stacked into a square coffin chamber plain face pasted with gold leaf, and the coffin outside the painting is beautifully painted, I counted the coffin is actually double, the material used is catalpa wood.
From the ornamentation and material of the coffin and the number of layers of the outer coffin, this is a coffin of the emperor, the burial inside should be a woman who is noble as the emperor, in the funeral system, the emperor and queen are worthy of enjoying the double outer coffin, and more use of catalpa wood, so its coffin is also called the catalpa palace.
When the light of the flashlight shines on the coffin, a brilliant light shines from the inside, and I was shocked again, this coffin is actually open, the deceased is big, and the coffin must be closed with a coffin.
I hurriedly looked around, but still did not find the coffin lid, I immediately checked the edge of the coffin fit, and did not find the nail eye, that is, the coffin was placed here without a coffin lid.
The status of an emperor is noble, and the funeral is such a big thing that will never go wrong, and it is impossible to forget to nail the coffin lid, unless it is intentional, but since it is the emperor, although it is not a beautiful funeral, there should be a tablet or inscription, from entering to the present, in this evil strange shell tomb, I have never seen a text, and I don't know who this emperor is.
Those tomb robbers who followed here, now all gathered around the coffin, these are veterans, I believe that the identity of the owner of this coffin is extraordinary, such a size of the coffin is bound to have a large number of gold and silver jewelry to accompany the burial.
In the flashlight, the coffin is full of rare treasures, exquisite gold and silver and rare jade objects are dazzling, the surviving tomb robbers began to rob, the fear and despair of the previous nine deaths are now completely forgotten, and greed has resumed in front of the treasure.
Only the man in black who had been standing behind did not move, as if the priceless gold, silver and jewelry inside were not in his eyes at all, and as the tomb robbers swarmed up to snatch the burial goods inside, a complete female corpse gradually appeared in front of my eyes.
I carefully looked at it from top to bottom with the help of a flashlight, and the female corpse was wearing a vermilion densely woven gold thread phoenix skirt, a blue embroidered gold corset at the waist, a phoenix-patterned square shoes on her feet, a double phoenix crown with beads on her head, a drooping bead curtain, lined with a red silk brocade to cover her face, and her hands crossed in front of her in long sleeves.
This female corpse is dressed gracefully and luxuriously, with a dignified and serene posture, presumably in front of her should also be a beauty who has captivated the country and the city, and now she is a red and pink skeleton, and it is useless to have so many treasures to accompany her for burial.
According to the construction of the mausoleum, this should be the back room, and this unknown emperor should be the owner of this shell tomb, but this tomb is too unreasonable, not only did it cover the coffin, but the top of the tomb was full of so many corpses.
And there is no ear chamber that should be used for funeral goods, if Suihou Zhu is hidden here, then where should it be? The most likely is of course the body of the female corpse, rumored to be called Mingyue Zhu with Hou Zhu, the light can be a candle room, and it is inferred that it should have the same magical effect as the night pearl.
It is said that Cixi also has a night pearl, which is held in the mouth after death, thinking of this, I slowly stretched out my hand to lift the silk handkerchief on the face of the female corpse.
Suddenly, I saw that the body of the female corpse seemed to move, I was startled, my hand hovered in mid-air, thinking that I was dazzled, and the other tomb robbers were busy robbing the funeral goods and didn't pay attention at all, I turned around and asked the palace lord and Tian Ji if they saw anything, and the two of them also shook their heads.
I re-shone the flashlight on the female corpse, looked at it intently for a long time, and suddenly found that the hem of the female corpse's long skirt moved slightly, and Tian Ji and Gong Jue also saw it clearly, I chuckled in my heart, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on my forehead.
"Don't take it, leave this coffin, it's not right." The three of us retreated as we warned the grave robbers who were looting around the coffin.
No one paid any attention to it, and all these people could see in their eyes now was the treasure, except for the man in black on the other side, who was stepping back.
The palace lord beside him suddenly raised his head, looked at the corpses hanging above, and then his eyes fell on the coffin away from us, and said in a cold voice: "The coffin lid was deliberately not covered, don't you feel that there are too many burial goods in the coffin?" ”
The palace lord's words also reminded me that the gold, silver and jewelry in the coffin almost covered the female corpse, which was really unreasonable, looking at the tomb robbers who surrounded and robbed, I suddenly understood what the palace lord meant: "It is deliberately letting the people who enter here to get the funeral goods." ”
"Why?" Tian Ji still held in his hand the gold utensils that he had taken from the coffin while he was in chaos. "This tomb owner is too generous."
I asked Gong Jue and Tian Ji to step back and lick their dry lips.
"It's not generous, it's a trap!"